Leap Day bachelorhood hits Ottawa with fines and fun
Ottawa Illinois braces for Leap Day when 6 000 men receive red charged summonses from the Junior Woman’s Club. Females act as magistrates and judges as bachelors face fines up to 25 dollars for light offenses or not meeting wife duties. City hall shifts to feminine control with four magistrates and four judges. Proceeds fund club causes following a $4 000 haul in 1952.
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Ottawa
Ill
Junior Woman’s Club
Joan Parkins
R. C. Woodward
City Hall
Woman's Club
Credit Bureau Employes Meet Seminar at Hotel Lawtonian
More than 30 credit bureau employes attend a seminar at the Hotel Lawtonian in the Geronimo room from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mrs Bess Christy of the Lawton Retail Merchants association leads arrangements. Instructors are Mr and Mrs Marion Johnson of Ponca City and Miss Irene Shanbaugh of Newton Kansas. Delegates arrive from El Reno Ardmore Duncan Healdton Clinton Hobart Marlow Altus and Mangum.
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Credit Bureau
Lawtonian
Marion Johnson
Ponca City
Irene Shanbaugh
Newton
Kan
Bess Christy
Lawton’s Retail Merchants Association
Geronimo
el Reno
Ardmore
Duncan, Healdton
Clinton
Hobart
Marlow
Altus
Mangum
Johnston arrives in Tokyo for Asian tour prospects
Eric A. Johnston U S presidential adviser and president of the Motion Picture Export Association of America arrived in Tokyo Saturday to begin an Asian tour. He landed at Tokyo International Airport from Honolulu and proceeded to start his itinerary in Japan.
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Tokyo
Eric A. Johnston
U. S
Motion Picture Export Association of America
Johnston
Tokyo International
Honolulu
Illinois Man Named YWCA's First Man Of Year
Chicago report says Frank Loomis of Glencoe Illinois became the YWCA’s first man of the year on Leap Day Saturday. Loomis, 76, has supported the YWCA for nearly four decades and the decision reflects the Leap Year acknowledgment by the girls.
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Illinois
YWCA
Chicago
Frank Loomis
Glencoe
Ill
Loomis
NYC Surpasses Philly Cleveland and Detroit in Manufacturing Jobs
NYC now employs more people in manufacturing than Philadelphia Cleveland and Detroit combined, signaling a major shift in regional industry. The data highlights New York City as the dominant manufacturing hub, with implications for policy, labor markets, and urban growth.
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New York City
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
Three Duncan Men Join Marines Here
Three Duncan youths were recruited by the U S Marine Corps through the Lawton office and sent by plane to San Diego for boot camp. Joel W Stallons 20 Earl H Haas 18 and Dewey Ivey were enlisted under the buddy plan and will train together.
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Duncan
U.S. Marine Corps
Lawton
San Diego
Calif
Leroy D. Law
Joel W. Stallons
Verlyon Stallons
Earl H. Hass
Lawrence T. Haas
Dewey Ivey
George D. Ivey
Laws
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